Posts by docsavage

App, When you sent your acer's in (RMA) where did you send them. A local shop or somewhere out of state? I am trying to get an 8104 myself, but I hear a few things about Acer support and its RMA process is real hard. Were they...

dodg, Yea I am in the same boat but my choice it towards the 8104 vs the Z71V. My reasons are : a) x700 slightly better than 6600go (not a lot though) b) has a native xD card reader that matches my digital camera c) yes it...

Hm, could you be pulling too much power off of the USB port? (no flames if that is an impossibility)

Evul, The CL56 was one of "the" laptops to get for the thin and light crowd that had a decent GPU back in its day (last year). I was going to get that but decided to wait for sonoma's to come out. Compal usually makes...

I have a question about the performance of HDD/DVD's. I read on the general laptop forum today that Sonoma only supports a single channel PATA but (2) SATA. The 8104's have PATA drive and dvd correct? Has anyone noticed issues...

No cooling needed, you most likely end up shortening the life of the CPU. Of course CPU's will work when running hotter that their specs, just won't last as long.

hey Ac adapters could be or cuddling on those cold winter nights . . . geeks love their computers

Ha this is great, I can have an acer before I have an acer . . . as long as I close my eyes and do not want to do anything with it ;-)

Stocks, Good work you will help us. I was planning on getting an 8104 but had a question on if Linux would work on it. I heard that ATI driver support was very spotty. Any luck with OpenGL, hardware acceleration ? Doc

Looks like it is the Asus 71V to me. As for ABS as a retailer, not sure. If the model is just the Asus then you should be able to get it cheaper elsewhere. Just look for a vendor that has a good return policy if you are unhappy with...